27 February 2010

After few months away from HF, last night I tried again 30m PSK31. Maybe a better propagation has attracted more stations, since the waterfall was very crowded.

Might have been a coincidence, but I noticed cleaner signals than 8 months ago, and especially cleaner macros! Nobody told me about their computer and software. Only one sent me the various club codes. But ... nobody told me anything about their operating conditions, which I would have liked to know!

Thanks to the 7 guys that answered my QRP calls.

18 February 2010

There is a common misbelief that the FT817/FT817ND transceiver does not output 5W when powered with the internal 9.6V battery pack, or with an external source lower than 11V. The user's manual doesn't say that, at least the English language version.

So, does the Yaesu FT817/FT817ND output 5 Watts when powered with the internal battery pack? Does it output 5W when the "LiiI" icon is flashing?

08 February 2010

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